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# macOS Office Sandbox Bypasses
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### Word Sandbox bypass via Launch Agents
The application uses a **custom Sandbox** using the entitlement **`com.apple.security.temporary-exception.sbpl`** and this custom sandbox allows to write files anywhere as long as the filename started with `~$`: `(require-any (require-all (vnode-type REGULAR-FILE) (regex #"(^|/)~$[^/]+$")))`
Therefore, escaping was as easy as **writing a `plist`** LaunchAgent in `~/Library/LaunchAgents/~$escape.plist`.
Check the [**original report here**](https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2018/08/escaping-the-sandbox-microsoft-office-on-macos/).
### Word Sandbox bypass via Login Items and zip
(Remember that from the first escape, Word can write arbitrary files whose name start with `~$`).
It was discovered that from within the sandbox it's possible to create a **Login Item** (apps that will be executed when the user logs in). However, these apps **won't execute unless** they are **notarized** and it's **not possible to add args** (so you cannot just run a reverse shell using **`bash`**).
From the previous Sandbox bypass, Microsoft disabled the option to write files in `~/Library/LaunchAgents`. However, it was discovered that if you put a **zip file as a Login Item** the `Archive Utility` will just **unzip** it on its current location. So, because by default the folder `LaunchAgents` from `~/Library` is not created, it was possible to **zip a plist in `LaunchAgents/~$escape.plist`** and **place** the zip file in **`~/Library`** so when decompress it will reach the persitence destination.
Check the [**original report here**](https://objective-see.org/blog/blog\_0x4B.html).
### Word Sandbox bypass via Login Items and .zshenv
(Remember that from the first escape, Word can write arbitrary files whose name start with `~$`).
However, the previous technique had a limitation, if the folder **`~/Library/LaunchAgents`** exists because some other software created it, it would fail. So a different Login Items chain was discovered for this.
An attacker could crate the the files **`.bash_profile`** and **`.zshenv`** with the payload to execute and then zip them and **write the zip in the victims** user folder: \~/\~$escape.zip.
Then, add the zip file to the **Login Items** and then the **`Terminal`** app. When the user relogins, the zip file would be uncompressed in the users file, overwriting **`.bash_profile`** and **`.zshenv`** and therefore, the terminal will execute one of these files (depending if bash or zsh is used).
Check the [**original report here**](https://desi-jarvis.medium.com/office365-macos-sandbox-escape-fcce4fa4123c).
### Word Sandbox Bypass with Open and env variables
From sandboxed processes it's still possible to invoke other processes using the **`open`** utility. Moreover, these processes will run **within their own sandbox**.
It was discovered that the open utility has the **`--env`** option to run an app with **specific env** variables. Therefore, it was possible to create the **`.zshenv` file** within a folder **inside** the **sandbox** and the use `open` with `--env` setting the **`HOME` variable** to that folder opening that `Terminal` app, which will execute the `.zshenv` file (for some reason it was also needed to set the variable `__OSINSTALL_ENVIROMENT`).
Check the [**original report here**](https://perception-point.io/blog/technical-analysis-of-cve-2021-30864/).
### Word Sandbox Bypass with Open and stdin
The **`open`** utility also supported the **`--stdin`** param (and after the previous bypass it was no longer possible to use `--env`).
The thing is that even if **`python`** was signed by Apple, it **won't execute** a script with the **`quarantine`** attribute. However, it was possible to pass it a script from stdin so it won't check if it was quarantined or not:&#x20;
1. Drop a **`~$exploit.py`** file with arbitrary Python commands.
2. Run _open_ **`stdin='~$exploit.py' -a Python`**, which runs the Python app with our dropped file serving as its standard input. Python happily runs our code, and since its a child process of _launchd_, it isnt bound to Words sandbox rules.
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